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Portugal
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| Short Information | Capital: Lisbon
Language: Portuguese
Currency: Euro (EUR) | |
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 PRIVATE GUIDES OF Portugal | | Carla Carita - Carla is a genuine portuguese, national official tour guide, born in Lisbon. Carla runs, together with a group of tourism professionals, a local travel agency specialized in qualified tourism transportation. | | Joao Gomes Filipe - I've been providing guided tours and thrilling experiences in Portugal to my clients for the past five years. My tours will centainly give you a different perception of Portugal as you will be given the opportunity to sample the life of locals either while walking through lively medieval districts, visiting unique museums or sampling regional delicacies. | | Mouriscastours - Bem Vindo!Welcome to Portugal DISCOVER PORTUGAL An independent kingdom since 1143, Portugal established its continental frontiers in 1297 and is one of the oldest nations in Europe. Situated on the west side of the Iberian Peninsula, its geographic location along the Atlantic coast soon determined its vocation to the sea. | | Sunny Tours Portugal - SUNNY TOURS provides Private Tours, Transfers and Corporate Services, Taylor Made Tours to the travelers that desire to add a stroke of class into their holidays. With a navy of comfortable vehicles driven by licensed drivers (by the Portuguese Tourism Office), speaking several languages, our services reach a high quality standard at rational prices. |  See all private and personal guides of Portugal |
| PRIVATE TOURS IN Portugal | | Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela - Mountainbike expedition, departing from Oporto, riding through trails along vineyards, small villages in the rural countryside on the footsteps of the pilgrim's route to Santiago de Compostela in Spanish Galicia. . | | Wine Historic Private Tour - Submerse yourself in a sublime blend of Portuguese culture, history, wine, and gastronomy on this tour of the rustic Alentejo province. Explore the Roman legacy at Йvora (a Unesco World Heritage Site) and indulge in wine and olive oil tasting at quaint Esporгo. | | Jewish Private Tour - A trip through the Jewish history. During this walking tour you will visit the old Lisbon quarter and the synagogue and then you will walk through Rossio streets and reach the Old Town Square where your journey to the past ends. | | Lisbon and Sintra - Enjoy two must sees of Portugal in good company. Lisbon has a lot to unveil and many attractions to suit different people, Weather you are a passioate for the discoveries or just want to have a good time and shop, I'm available to show you what regular tours skip. | | Gardens of Portugal - Brand new for 2007, this Gardens of Portugal tour will give you a full perception of the evolution of gardens throughout time. Portugal is a melting pot of ancient civilizations that left their imprint also in the gardens they built. | | See all private and personal tours in Portugal |
| General details about Portugal |  CAPITAL CITY OF Portugal: Lisbon
LANGUAGE OF Portugal: Portuguese
CURRENCY OF Portugal: Euro (EUR)
COMMENTS ABOUT Portugal:
Portugal, in Southern Europe, shares the Iberian peninsula at the western tip of Europe with Spain
Cities : Lisbon (capital), Guimarães, Coimbra, Évora, Faro, Porto, Sintra
Best Places : Cabo da Roca, Fátima
Electricity : 230V/50Hz (European plug)
Calling Code : +351
Time Zone UTC
Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil as a colony. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy; for most of the next six decades, repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year, Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986.
CLIMATE OF Portugal: maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south
RELIGION OF Portugal: Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995)
POPULATION OF Portugal: 10,524,145 (July 2004 est.)
ECONOMY OVERVIEW OF Portugal: Portugal has become a diversified and increasingly service-based economy since joining the European Community in 1986. Over the past decade, successive governments have privatized many state-controlled firms and liberalized key areas of the economy, including the financial and telecommunications sectors. The country qualified for the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in 1998 and began circulating the euro on 1 January 2002 along with 11 other EU member economies. Economic growth has been above the EU average for much of the past decade, but fell back in 2001-03. GDP per capita stands at 70% of that of the leading EU economies. A poor educational system, in particular, has been an obstacle to greater productivity and growth. Portugal has been increasingly overshadowed by lower-cost producers in Central Europe and Asia as a target for foreign direct investment. The coalition government faces tough choices in its attempts to boost Portugal's economic competitiveness and to keep the budget deficit within the 3% EU ceiling.
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